In accord with AOS-NACC (Chesser et al. 2020bb) change the scientific name of Megascops nudipes to Gymnasio nudipes, based on genetic evidence that this species is not a member of Megascops (Dantas et al. 2016, Salter et al. 2020). Change the English name from Puerto Rican Screech-Owl to Puerto Rican Owl.